Gov. Jindal stole Gridiron show

8:55 AM,
Mar. 16, 2013

Written by

Al Neuharth
| USA Today founder

The president of the U.S. usually is the final - and often the funniest and favorite - speaker at the Gridiron bash here. But President Barack Obama broke that code when he addressed the group for the Democrats as a junior senator from Illinois in 2006, when George W. Bush was president. Obama wowed the audience then as the favorite speaker.

This past weekend, he again amused the group in the finale. But the funniest and favorite was the Republican speaker - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

The Gridiron dinner features a roomful of 650 or so business, journalism and political leaders from across the ...